I made these hearts the day before with some royal icing. I also made a few white ones just in case I changed my mind and didnt like the red.

Meet Mr. Oreo Cakester. I call him Lou.

Grab a good size chuck of fondant. Especially if this is your first time. You are going to want to play around.

Knead your fondant so it is more pliable. Since I need to make some pink today, I am going to add one little dot of Ateco red gel food coloring.

That one little dot made this cutie patootie pink.

I wanted to use three colors, so I made some red as well.

From your white fondant, take about a small egg size. Since the cakester is black, and I am covering it in white, I want it to be a bit thicker then usual.

Roll out fondant into about a 1/4 inch thickness. I am working on wax paper. If you have granite or marble or a special fondant matt you can use any of those. They work way better.

I am poor. I use wax paper.

Place the rolled out fondant over the cakester.

Gently press down on the sides. I use the sides of my pinky to smooth it over. This takes practice, so just relax and have fun working with it! (also watch Cake Boss and Food Network Cake Challenge's lots and lots)

If your fondant tears or you have any problems, just start over!

Take a pizza cutter or a sharp paring knife and cut closely around the bottom edge.

This is what it should look like after you have trimmed it.

Gently flip over the cakester and smooth the edges of the fondant over. Be sure to remove any crumbs you see along the way. If you dont you could accidentally rub it into your fondant.

And here is the fondant covered cakester!

Or, Lou with his clothes on!

Here it is again in pink.

If you want to reuse your fondant, be on the lookout or crumbs. Just cut them off or pick them out.

Here are the three colors for Valentines Petit Fours.

You can now decorate them any way you want... write on them with royal icing or place a candy heart on top that says 'be mine' or place a Hershey's Kiss on top!

I decided to roll out a bit extra of the red fondant for some hearts. This fondant is pretty thin as I am just using the hearts for decoration.

To decorate the pink cakesters I am using a bit of watered down corn syrup and some white sparkling sugar.

I will *paint the sides of the cakester with the corn syrup then gently roll it on a plate of the sparkling sugar.

*Make sure you have a paint brush that is for food only.

For the red cakesters I am going to attach those royal icing hearts I made the day before. Just drop a dot of white royal icing (this must be the traditional royal icing with meringue powder) in the center and attach the heart. They are delicate, so be gentle.

Since I didnt have time to sit and hold the heart in place, I propped it up with a toothpick.

Would you like to see the final product?

Really?

Are you sure???

Ok...here goes...

Here are the pink sparkling sugar petit fours with red fondant heart.

Here are the red petit fours with white royal icing heart.

And here are my favorite.

The white petit four with a red fondant rose delicately resting on top.

Or, Lou all dressed up with a gift for his lady.

These were a last minute addition, because my red royal icing hearts I had made didnt quite look like I wanted them too. So I went to youtube and watched a video on making fondant roses.

Although they are my first, I really like them, and cant wait to do more!

Those are beautiful Amanda! Have you ever made them with real cake instead of cakesters? I've been wanting to try sometime, maybe with some kind of filling in them...yummy. How does the wilton fondant taste? I've never tried it. The only fondant I've used is homemade marshmellow fondant.

Ooh So Cute! Please keep making Petit Fours (and tackle square ones soon). I am going to be making them for my wedding (360 of them, 180 Ganache covered mini brownies, and 30 pies- 3 different kinds!) Also, I would love to hear what kind of food colorings you like.

These are perfect and gorgeous! I did fondant-covered Cakester petits fours, too, on my blog last year, but these put mine to shame!! I love the details and decorations. (Oh, and of course, I had to post a link to your great tutorial on my column at ediblecrafts.craftgossip.com)

Oh, Amanda....you ROCK!!! I am actually about to CRY because I love these SO much! I.Am.Going.To Try.This. I AM! I've always wanted to and you've given me courage. Lou looks so cute! AND, I'll be using wax paper also, unless I can find a counter top manufacturer who would like to install marble in both of our kitchens. I mean, they should, right?

I saw the twitter discussion...just to clarify...these are the FULL size cakesters, and you haven't trimmed them in any way? I KNOW I've seen the mini ones somewhere!

Those are so cute..but too bad they're just for decoration since you don't actually eat them or give them away! By the way, I think it's great that you've "joined forces" with MckMama. Being a guest poster will be a great way to get your "fabulousness" out there even more! :)

Why would anyone spend so much time decorating trans-fat laden, heart attack-inducing, mass-produced baked goods? I thought Amanda actually baked things. And why oh why would she want MckMama to get all the blog traffic instead of MckMama just linking up to "I Am Baker?" Seems like Miss Amanda may be getting the wool pulled over her eyes on this blogging relationship.

Cakester Petit Fours: Nice on the outside, but junk on the inside. Just like MckMama!

Amanda, you can do better. With your petit fours AND your choice in advertising venues!

Wow, sorry about that previous poster! I am so glad I found your blog through MckMama! It was just in time for my son's 1st birthday next weekend! I made baseball sugar cookies and the letter "Z"! You are wonderful and it is very easy to understand your instructions! Thanks!

I'd love to try these, but maybe with the home made marshmallow fondant as suggested by another reader. I'm pretty sure I can still buy the Vanilla oreo cakesters in Canada...I'll have to check it out.

Just so you know, they have the vanilla oreo cakesters at Walmart Neighborhood Market in Mesquite, TX. Are you ready for a road trip? I didn't buy you 25 boxes but I did buy some for me. Hope you can find them again and I hope I can make treats as cute as yours!